Manicure bowl



F, V. PREVE MANICURE Bowl..

Aug. 15, 1939.

Filed Nov. l0. 1938 Syvum/WM if. Preve Fra/11050 Patented Aug. 15, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT ,-oFFicE MANICURE BOWL Francois Victor Preve,l Long Island City, N. Y.

Application November 10, 1938, Serial No. 239,881

3 Claims.

'Ihis invention relates to an improved manicure bowl particularly adapted for use in soaking the fingers for softening the skin and finger nails to properly conditionthem for being manicured.

More particularly, it is an aim of this invention to provide an improved bowl particularly adapted for use in manicuring having means for comfortably supporting the hand while the fingers are being soaked.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter become more fully apparent from the following description of the drawing, which illustrates a preferred embodiment thereof, and wherein:

Figure 1 is a plan view of the invention,

Figure 2 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view taken along the line 2-2 of Figure 1, and

Figures 3 and 4 are transverse vertical sectional views taken along the lines 3-3 and 4 4, respectively, of Figure 1.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, wherein like reference characters designate like or corresponding parts throughout the different views, III designates generally a block of' a plastic material which is recessed at one end to form a container or bowl II, adapted to contain a liquid to be used for softening the skin and nas of the ngers preparatory to manicuring, the vcontainer being surrounded by the wall I2.

The block I is molded to form a hand rest, designated generally I3 having a rounded or convex upper portion Il adapted to fit and form a rest for the palm of a hand and the grooves I5, II- and I1 in the forward part thereof in which are adapted to be positioned the three middle fingers to form rests for the fingers while extending into the bowl II. The hand rest I3'is spaced, at its forward end and sides from the wall I2 so that the thumb and little finger may extend into the portions I8 and I9; respectively, of the bowl II. The block I0 is beveled, as indicated at 20, at the ends of the portions I8 and I! tol provide surfaces on which the little iinger and thumb may rest while extending into the bowl. The opposite end of the block .I0 is grooved and inclined, on its upper surface, toward the l From the foregoing it will be seen, that the hand may be placed on the member I3 with the thumb extending into the portion I8, the three middle fingers resting in the grooves I5, I6 and Il and extending into the forward part of the bowl, and the I9 of the bowl little finger extending into side so that all of the ngers of the hand may be simultaneously soaked by a liquid which partially lls the bowl portion II.

The

palm, heel of the hand and wrist may be rested 10 by the portions I4 and 2| so that it will require no eiiort on the part of the person whose fingers are being soaked, to allow the fingers to extend into the bowl I I, as the hand and wrist are compended claims.

I claim as my invention:

1. A manicurists finger bowl comprising an elongated block recessed at one end to form a container, a hand rest extending into said container portion for supporting the palm of a. hand with the fingers extending into said container, and the opposite end of said block being recessed to receive Aand 2. An article support the wrist. of the. class described comprising an elongated block, the upper surface of one end of said block being provided with a longitudinally disposed arcuately shaped recess, the opposite end of said block being provided with a substantially U-shaped recess, and a convex portion extending into said U-shaped recess, the bottom of said block being fiat to provide a base.

3. In an article of the class described, an elongated block of plastic material having a substantially fiat bottom forming a base, the top of said block being provided with a convex portion adjacent one end, said end being recessed around i block having a cess extending said convex portion, and the opposite end of the longitudinal arcuately shaped reto the convex portion. FRANCOIS VICTOR PREVE. 

